Why ABAPERs prefer to use STANDARD internal tables more than the others?

[Wil_Wilstroth]

Hi all,

I found that, over the years, I notice alot of ABAPers I met they prefer to use STANDARD internal table. They seldom use HASHED or SORTED internal tables even though they know the data they are getting is huge.

Moreover, in books, it stated that hashed and sorted, overtime with larger data, are able to perform better than STANDARD internal table. Even though these two also have their own disadvantages.

Is this a habit or something that I am not aware of over the other 2, that most ABAPers prefer to use STANDARD internal tables?

Thanks,

William Wilstroth

[GauthamV]

Check this.

[use of STANDARD internal tables than others|https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/wlg/2615] [original link is broken] [original link is broken] [original link is broken];

[former_member184657]

Thanks for the link

pk

[Former Member]

normally everyone goes for STANDARD internal tables....

may be they are habituated with it...

but when dealing with larger amount of data one needs to use HASHED or SORTED ones...

[Wil_Wilstroth]

thank you all...